Word: raced
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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Archetypal standard of the human race...
...Yale papers publish a great deal of matter in regard to the withdrawal of their college from the Rowing Association. They repeat the old arguments about the inconvenience of a race in which so many contestants participate, and they expressly declare that Yale's desire is to try her strength with Harvard, and with Harvard alone...
...Dartmouth has a very sensible editorial about the action of Yale and Harvard. It pronounces Harvard "manly" for "withdrawing at a time when she will receive countless flings on account of never having won a race." It is somewhat annoyed at Captain Cook's alleged statement that Yale has a rivalry with Harvard alone, and consoles itself with the reflection that, whatever the Captain may think, the "majority" consider Dartmouth, etc., very formidable rivals. It admits that "colleges with an abundance of men and an abundance of money must dislike having to give up cherished plans for the sake...
...same paper informs its readers that Harvard has challenged Yale to row a race at Saratoga, independent of the regatta...
...sluggard in the race, the dreamer. Moans...